Colloquium – Vinicius Mikuni – Accelerating Discovery in High Energy Physics using AI

Speaker: Vinicius Mikuni (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Title: Accelerating Discovery in High Energy Physics using AI

Abstract:

The past decade was marked by an exponential increase in the availability of experimental data in high energy physics, leading to unprecedented precision in the description of particle interactions. However, indirect evidence for new physics processes, such as the existence of dark matter, motivates the development of new methodologies to scrutinize the data in the search for new scientific discoveries. In this talk, I will introduce different applications of how artificial intelligence (AI) has been transformative in the way to analyze data from collider experiments. These include the development of fast simulation routines, high-dimensional deconvolution algorithms, and alternative ways to search new particle interactions. I will discuss future directions for each of these areas and potential synergies with other fields in the physical sciences.

Host: Sergei Gleyzer